Beowulf Opera Scenes: Classroom music pedagogy and knowledge when composing an opera with primary-school children
Axtell, Ian and Anderson, Anthony David and MacGregor, Elizabeth and Nenadic, Emma and Fautley, Martin and Evans, Nancy (2024) Beowulf Opera Scenes: Classroom music pedagogy and knowledge when composing an opera with primary-school children. Research Studies in Music Education. ISSN 1321-103X (In Press)
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Abstract
Composing with children is a complex area that many generalist primary-school teachers in England report finding challenging or intimidating. This article draws on existing literature relating to composing in schools, child-centred learning, cultural capital, and classroom pedagogy to situate and discuss a longitudinal research project exploring composing with primary-aged children. The article focusses on one of eight schools involved in the project, in which children worked with a professional composer alongside their regular classroom teacher to compose operatic scenes to accompany the epic poem, Beowulf. The project utilised a collaborative action research framework, featuring researcher observations of the six composing sessions, semi-structured interviews and reflections with the teacher and composer, and a focus group with the children. The findings highlight seven themes relating to children’s understandings of the composing process, which are theorised into conceptualisations of musical knowledge. The article concludes by tracing some of the international implications for children composing in primary-school contexts.
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| Additional Information: | accepted for publication | ||||
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | classroom music, composing, culutural capital, knowledge, pedagogy | ||||
| Subjects: | CAH22 - education and teaching > CAH22-01 - education and teaching > CAH22-01-01 - education CAH22 - education and teaching > CAH22-01 - education and teaching > CAH22-01-02 - teacher training CAH25 - design, and creative and performing arts > CAH25-02 - performing arts > CAH25-02-02 - music |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences > Centre for Study of Practice and Culture in Education (C-SPACE) | ||||
| Depositing User: | Ian Axtell | ||||
| Date Deposited: | 26 Sep 2024 12:19 | ||||
| Last Modified: | 26 Sep 2024 12:19 | ||||
| URI: | https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/15872 |
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